Murray sends to students to state science fair

Two Murray Middle School students will be among approximately 1,000 California students who will compete at the State Science Fair in May.

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By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA

By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Apr. 6, 2013 at 4:47 PM

By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Apr. 6, 2013 at 4:47 PM

Two Murray Middle School students will be among approximately 1,000 California students who will compete at the State Science Fair in May.

Sydney Marler took first place May 19 in the Kern County Science Fair in Bakersfield for her project "The Effect of Electromagnetic Fields on the Characteristics of Garden Bean Development."

She divided the plants into three groups of 10 each and fed one group no EM, another group a small amount of EM and the third group full EM. The results indicated the more electromagnetic field placed on a plant, the better it will grow in size and productivity.

She said there may have been other variables that affected plant growth, so she is not 100-percent sure the EM was the determining factor.

Sophia Speredelozzi took second place with her project "On Thin Ice." She researched the effect of surface area and melting rates for various pieces of ice. The results indicated that the more surface area, the faster the melting rate.

Owen Anderson took third place with his potato shooter which determined that the more alcohol in hair spray, the longer the projection of the potatoes. Callie Corzine took third place in her category as she researched which temperature of water caused the strongest tornado. She is an Oklahoma Sooner fan, so tornadoes are important to her. She found hot water caused the strongest tornado.

Lakota Giles received an engineering cash award for his project that determined what type of rock held the most oil. Cameron Thornton received a cast award from the Office of Engineering and Oil Industry for his project designed to determine how trapped infrared radiation would affect radiation. He hoped to determine if the greenhouse effect was really occurring. He feels his project determined the greenhouse effect is true.

Kyler Samuels and Isaiah Johnson also competed at the county level.

Some of the students had mentors from China Lake to help them with their projects.